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FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1928.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL scheme as may be approved. The
WATER SUPPLY POSITION,
matter will be brought before the Council at the earliest possiblo dato;::
Kai Tak Aerodrome,
The Colonial Secretary proposcu the following resolution:
At a meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon, la Excellency the Ocer Adminis
Whereas by the provisions of tering the Government (the Hon. section 3 of the Public Works Mr. W. T. Southorn, C.M.G.) re- Loan Ordinance, 1927, it is (inter ferred to the water shortage and alia) provided that the Governor to the steps taken to mitigate as may direct that any sums, which may not be required for a purpose far as possible any possible hard-specified in the Schedule may be ships. He mentioned that the appropriated and applied to any Aberdeen scheme did not meet other purpose therein specified with the full approval of the subject to such transfer of monoy Public Works Committee, whose from one item of the Schedule to any other item thereof being ap views had been telegraphed to the proved by a recolution of the Secretary of Stato, from whom a Legislative Council and by the reply was now being awaited Secretary of State. before asking the Council for the financial provision which would be necessary to carry out such scheme as may be approved.
The Water Shortage. His Excellency the.. Oncer Administering the Government, addressing the Council, said:
citizens
And whoren. His Excellency the ficer Administering the Govern ment has directed that the sum of $500,000 allocated to Item No. 8 of the Schedule, Olhor Publie Works, be appropriated and ap plied to Item No. 2 of the Schedule, Aerodrome and harbour develop ment.
Now it is hereby resolved that Honourable Members of the Council shall be and is hereby the approval of the Legislative Legislative Council, The Govern- ment is greatly concerned at the given to the transfer of the sum of hardships caused by the water $500.000 from Item No. 3 to Item shortage now being experienced No. 2 of the Schedule, by the
of Victoria, The Colonial Secretary, said: especially in the western end of Sir, the explanation of the resolu the elty, which have been pressed tion on the agenda paper dealing on my attention by the Ionour-with the allocation of further able the second Chinese member. funds for the construction of the This shortage is caused by an in-Kai Tak Aerodrome is best begun crease in consumption, coupled by reference to your own speech with a peculiarly uneven distribu-in the Council in September, 1927. Reference to Hansard of that tion of an otherwise plentiful rainfall, which has resulted in year, page 69, shows that the total the Pokfulam reservoir catch-estimated cost of the Aerodrome ment receiving only about half the was then $2,378,000, of which it rainfall received by the Tytam was expected that the Imperial pay three- catchment areas this year. It is Government would
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the Pokfulam roservoir on which quarters, that is $1,783,500. The the' Government depends to cost to the Colony of Kal Tak
otherwise supplement the
in-under these circumstances would adequate supply of water from have been $594,500. Tytam to the western end of the The Imperial Government sub- city, and this reservoir is now scription towards Kai Tak has, seriously, depleted, The supply however, been fixed at £100,000,→→→ from Tylam is governed by any $1,000,000-leaving the Colony' conduit designed to carry seven to find a further $789,500 on this
Further million gallons a day, through account,
again the which the engineers are now estimate for the completion of the passing eight million gallous a work- and for the necessary re- day, and every possible step la sumptions has been increased by
COMMUNICATION WITH being taken to mitigate the a total of $151,250, which there-
CANTON TO BE IMPROVED, admitted hardships of the poorerfore makes the total to be found by classes. These steps include the the Colony for Kal Tak $1,520,250.
The Colonial Secretary (the Hon. opening of eleven new fountains, $1,000,000 from the Authorised which
the Loan of $5,000,000 was set apuri Mr. E. R. Hallifax, C.M.G., C.B.E.) | practicable, for expenditure, for Kai Tak and presided over a meeting of the engineers consider and the patrolling of the restrict for harbour dredging, $602,700 Finance Committee of the Legisla. ed areas by waterworks overseers being estimated as required tive Council yesterday afternoon, to ascertain and so far as possible for harbour, dredging. The total when supplementary expenditure
bg expended On mitigate any exceptional hard-to
harbour amounting to $147,505. was up-j dredging and the formation of Kai proved. ships.
Tak is now:
are
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many
Government's Policy.
The introduction of restriction during the hottest of the hot weather is, not unnaturally, giv
Lo the ing rise to questions as
$ 602,700
$2,529,250
$3,131,950
policy of the Government in con- Provided by nexion with the increase of the imperial Go- water supply.
AB honourable verument.
$1,000,000
members are no doubt aware, the
question is one which His Excel- lency Sir Cecil Clementi took up From Loan $1,000,000 within a few days of his return
$2,131,950
The chief amount was an item Harbour of $91,871 for improving the dredging Colony's wireless service. Cape Kal Tak D'Aguilar having proved unsuitable for short wave transmission to Canton, the proposal is to erect a new station at the Peak, where recent experiments have been found to be satisfactory.
Total.
$1,131,950. Still to be
The Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes wanted to know whether the Gov- ernment anticipated an increase in
Governor. A
revenue as the result of the new to the Colony B
found by
scheme, careful survey of the situation
the Colony, The Chairman replied that it convinced the Governor that the
$500,000 of the Authorised Loan was quite impossible to forecast- proper course for this Colony to pursue as regards the water sup- of $5,000,000 was left unallocated, the figure. Wireless message. ply on the Island was first to use and it is for the transfer of this increasing very rapidly-so rapidly all the available resources on sum to the Kai Tak account to that they could not forecast the Hongkong Island itself. These enable the work to continue that figure, resources were exhaustively ex-your authority is now requested. The Colonial Treasurer second- famined on Sir Cecil's lustructions,
and the Aberdeen water supplyed the resolution, which scheme was considered to afford carried,
the best possible improvement of
Bila Passed.
was
all
the Island's water supply. The scheme was submitted to the The following Bills passed Secretary of State for the Colonies their remaining stages and became with the least possible, delay and law:
has received his provisionai ap- An Ordinance to amend further proval.
the Companies Ordinance, 1911.
An Ordinance to amend the Widows and Orphans' Pension Ordinance, 1908,
The Council adjourned síne die,
In regard to an' expenditure of $16,000 on steel filing cabinets for the Colonial Secretary's Office, the Hon, Mr. Hynes asked if these were of British manufacture...
The Chairman ceplied in the afirmative.
Short Wave Communication with Yunnanfu,
The Radio Telegraph Office an- nounces that the direct service to Yunnanfu has now been entirely changed to the modern system of short wave transmission and re- ception and that telegrams sent by this route are no longer subject to Lady Heath, addressing a meet-delay by bad atmospheric. condi- Secretary of State, and am awaiting of the Six Point Group, de-tions.
When, however, this scheme was considered by the Public Works Committee of this Council it was found that the scheme did not meet with full approval, I have now referred the views of the Committee by telegraph to the
ing his reply before seeking the clured that "No other country can The rate by this route is 60 approval of this Council for the boast of so many different types cents per word payable by the financial provision which will be of aeroplanes as England," which sender. No charges are collected i necessary to
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